…….Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas spoke those words when announcing he will not seek re-election.
He is tired of the bullshit in respect to Israeli expansion and settlement talks.
Now Abbas knows what if feels like to be a North American Native a few hundred years ago when the lands were disappearing from under his control. Promises were made and never kept.
Don’t forget in those days blacks were not considered quite human, so the Natives were probably viewed the same way, therefore why honor promises? This thinking still permeates the minds of the ruling junta.
The lies of politicians. Say one thing and do another.
It is difficult for anyone to play this game when the cards they are dealt keep changing in front of theirs noses without doing anything for them to change.
Maybe this is a wake up call.
when a person or group operates from a position of superior strength, they assume that their position is correct and the other side must acquiesce without resistance. We use ideology, dogma, economic superiority, mythology, or just might in the face of a less equipped foe and justify it with any number of ways to state our position. When the Ethic of Reciprocity runs its course, it is clear that we may be forced to find a different set of reasons to justify behavior, and there may not be any justification.
The treatment of others has consequences, many are unintended consequences, which are a special branch, the branch that breaks between you and the tree.
Hi bouzouki;
I took this and another comment and posted them. You always write something that is well worth thinking on and I like to share this with readers, particularly the younger generation as they can learn from what we have learned.
Than you my friend. I wonder if the ability to learn is still present? today I walked along a trail above red sandstone rock. The beauty does not diminish when I see it. It is like really being present, which nature does to me. There nothing matters. Ego falls away. Each step gives me strength, even as I feel the aches and pains from old wounds. I could see the highway down below and could not hear it. Very nice.
Hi bouzouki;
That is precisely why the ability to learn is present, your words are gifts as it does not require classrooms, an education system, church, money or anything to learn what you describe. Just mind, senses, awareness and appreciation.
Those things can be taught I believe. From a gifted writer as yourself, the words weave through the corridors and eventually find a room where they can be cherished.